Geography
The Programme:
At AS, all candidates will study core human and physical geography. In each area of study candidates will consider the values and attitudes of decision makers, consider their own values and attitudes to the issues being studied and support their learning of ideas through the study of specific case studies. Candidates will also develop a variety of geographical skills, which will broaden and deepen existing knowledge and be employed with a greater degree of independence.
Topic list
• Rivers, floods and management
• Cold, coastal and hot desert environments and their margins
• Global population change
• Food supply issues and health issues.
The AS course is assessed in two 2 hour papers.
The second of which tests your geographical skills
At A2, candidates will continue to study a combination of human and physical geography. Candidates are required to choose whether to undertake preparatory investigative work in the field in order to be able to produce a fieldwork investigation, or undertake an issue evaluation exercise to extend the content within the specialised context of issue evaluation.
Topic list
• Plate tectonics and associated hazards
• Weather and climate and associated hazards
• Challenges facing ecosystems
• World cities – evolution or revolution?
• Development and globalisation
• Contemporary conflicts and challenges.
The A2 course is assessed with one 2 hour paper and one 1½ fieldwork paper
Requirements:
It is expected that you will have a minimum grade C at GCSE, although it is more usual for students to have a B grade.
Next Steps:
Geography allows you to study and understand the world around you and the changing and dynamic nature of that world. The new A levels concentrate on global and contemporary issues
Student Comment:
‘So inspired with my A2 Geography at Carmel; I am now doing Geography as my degree at Durham. When I’m bored I think of our teacher enthusing us with the topic of globalisation – no contest!’
